THE NOUNS--TABLE, DOOR, ROOM, HOUSE, AND BED--ARE INTRODUCED BY PRESENTING THEM WITH APPROPRIATE PICTURES. THE RELATIONSHIP IS MADE STRONGER BY A DEMAND FOR RECOGNITION IN SITUATIONS WHERE NOUNS ARE COMPARED AND CONTRASTED TO PICTURES. "THE" AND "AND" ARE INTRODUCED BY VISUAL AND ORAL CUES FROM A HELPER. FURTHER DISCRIMINATION…

LESSON 4 BEGINS THE INTRODUCTION OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. THE HELPER BEGINS BY ASKING A QUESTION. THE STUDENT RESPONDS BY READING THE SENTENCE INTRODUCED IN THE LAST LESSON. NEXT, THE QUESTIONS ARE READ BY THE STUDENT. PUNCTUATION IS INTRODUCED--QUESTION MARKS DENOTING QUESTIONS AND PERIODS INDICATING ANSWERS. THEN THE STUDENT IS ASKED TO READ A…

ONE OF THREE STORIES WAS USED AS SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL TO THE FIRST UNIT, THIS STORY CONCERNS A BOY WHO IS FORCED TO RAKE LEAVES BY HIS MOTHER. THE TEXT IS DRAMATIZED BY RELATED ILLUSTRATIONS AND USES THE READING VOCABULARY DEVELOPED IN THE FIRST UNIT.

THE NAMES OF CLOTHES ARE INTRODUCED - DRESS, SHIRT, TIE, AND HAT - BY LINKING VISUAL AND ORAL CUES TO THE WORDS. FROM A REVIEW OF THE SECOND LESSON, THE PHRASE "THE BIG DAY" IS INTRODUCED (ARTICLE, ADJECTIVE, NOUN). TO THIS PHRASE "IS" IS ADDED. THE STUDENT MUST RECOGNIZE "IS" AS A NEW WORD AND MUST UNDERLINE IT IN…

PICTURES OF FOUR NOUNS ARE INTRODUCED--MAN, WOMAN, CAT, AND DOG. THE NEXT SEQUENCE OF PAGES TEACHES WORD RECOGNITION THROUGH CONFIGURATION. A GEOMETRIC FORM IN THE SHAPE OF THE WORD IS LINKED WITH THE WORD ITSELF, FOLLOWED BY A PICTURE-WORD DISCRIMINATION FOR EACH OF THE FOUR NOUNS. THE WORD IS COMPARED AND CONTRASTED TO PICTURES. THE SERIES THEN…

THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION SPONSORED A CONFERENCE IN FEBRUARY 1960 AT WHICH THE PARTICIPANTS PRESENTED WORKING PAPERS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODS. THE PAPERS INCLUDED DISCUSSIONS ON--(1) PROGRAMS IN AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, (2) WRITTEN MATERIALS, (3) PREPARATION OF GRADED MATERIALS, AND (4) AUDIOVISUAL…

This resource guide was prepared to offer teachers and supervisors practical suggestions for the teaching of science to the pupils in the Career Guidance Program. The material presented parallels, as closely as possible, the regular science program for grade nine. However, many of the basic concepts and skills were drawn from the seventh year and…

The State Education Department of New York has prepared a series of modules--Expanded Programs in Consumer Education. "Travel and the Consumer" is the most recently produced module. It can be used as a discrete unit or with others in the series. The module stresses the importance of making travel creative, getting the most for one's…

A study was conducted with forty-seven preservice childhood (elementary) education teachers (42 F, 5 M) enrolled in two mathematics methods classes taught by the same instructor to determine the effect of these college students making curriculum materials appropriate for upper elementary students on the preservice teachers' knowledge of…

Background readings and project ideas to involve elementary and secondary school students in fundraising for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty are provided. Materials can be divided into two sections. The first section, background readings, contains President Ronald Reagan's opening remarks at the ceremony introducing the Statue of…

This booklet accompanies the New York State Library exhibit of material related to the trial of John Peter Zenger. This 1735 trial established the legal precedent giving juries the power to decide libel suits. Labeled "the germ of American freedom," the trial was an important step in the development of American concepts of free speech…

A REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER TO SERVICE THE NEEDS OF SEVERAL DISTRICTS WAS STUDIED. THE PURPOSE WAS TO MAKE AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT TO RUN PILOT PROGRAMS UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS. SUCH A CENTER WOULD BRING STUDENTS FOR TEST PROGRAMS, AND WOULD PROVIDE A STAFF THAT COULD GO OUT INTO VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND TEST THE PROGRAMS UNDER…

THIS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS GUIDE LISTS TITLES AND SOURCES OF 1,717 ITEMS FOR MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WITH PERTINENT INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PURPOSE AND SUITABILITY FOR VARIOUS LEVELS OF INSTRUCTION. PUBLISHERS AND PRICES ARE IDENTIFIED ALSO. THE LIST IS CLASSIFIED IN THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES--(1)…

This English Language Arts Core Curriculum is a standards-based document that provides an additional level of specificity to the learning standards for English language arts adopted by the New York State Board of Regents in 1996. It is designed to provide assistance, while allowing for creativity, in the development of local instructional…

This study rests on written statements made by New York City teachers and administrators. The study documents what a sample of urban teachers of mathematics and school principals in elementary, middle, and high schools state are: impediments of, as well as supports to, their productive teaching of mathematics, and their suggestions of what is…